Matthew 16:4

New King James Version

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

Hosea 4:17

“Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him alone.

Hosea 9:12

Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

Jonah 1:1

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 16:5

Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

Mark 8:12

But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”

Mark 8:38

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Acts 18:6

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 2:40

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”